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The Anime FanFiction Award Rules

Verion 1.1
Prepared by: Abraxas
Revised by: Abraxas
2009-07-25

Table of Contents

1. Objective
2. Eligibility - Requirements
3. Eligibility - Limitations
4. Nominating
5. Reviewing
6. Voting
7. Awarding
8. Miscellaneous
9. Appendix 1: Quarter & Timeline
10. Appendix 2: Categories
11. Appendix 3: Banners
12. Appendix 4: Contact Info

1. Objective

The Anime FanFiction Award (AFA) was created to recognize the works of authors across many different fandoms. The award was intended to encompass Canon, AU/AR, and Crossover settings, works of various types and sizes, and several genres. The process of nominating, reviewing, and voting was to be conducted quarter by quarter. Limitations were setup to prevent domination by any individual fandom, author, and work.

The AFA maintains a zero-tolerance policy against plagiarists - plagiarists will be stripped of awards and banned.

2. Eligibility - Requirements

[*] The work can be of any anime fandom; crossover into any other fandom is allowed.

[*] The work is not subject to any period of eligibility requirements or status requirement; a work can be of any age and complete/WIP.

[*] The work must be in compliance with the definition of the category into which it was nominated.

[*] The work must not be created by a minor.

[*] The work must not be plagiarized.

3. Eligibility - Limitations

[*] A work that earned a category's first place award is not eligible for nomination into that category next quarter.

NOTE - this is a procedural, automatic one quarter ban and does not reflect anything negative about the work.

NOTE - a list of banned (by procedure), banned by plagiarism, and prohibited by author will be provided along with the nomination ballot form at the start of the quarter.

[*] A fandom is limited to a global maximum of 50 nominations.

[*] An author is limited to a global maximum of 10 nominations.

[*] A work is limited to a global maximum of 5 nominations.

[*] Only members of the AFA community are able to nominate.

[*] All nominations must be submitted to the admin via the nomination ballot form.

[*] All nominations will be blind; the names and/or identities of nominators will not be publicized, further, the admin will not disclose rejected nominations.

[*] A nomination is valid if and only if its entry at the nomination ballot form is complete; ballots do not have to be fully filled (for example: you may chose to nominate only in a few categories); ballots may be resubmitted (for example: if you chose to add/modify a nomination).

NOTE - a valid nomination does not equal a correct nomination. A nomination will be valid if it adheres to the rule above, however, it will be correct if it meets eligibility and follows all of the rules of nomination.

[*] A nominator is limited to only one nomination per category; a nominator is able to withdraw and/or modify a nomination as long as it is still the period of nomination.

[*] A work's creator cannot self-nominate.

5. Reviewing

At the close of the nominating period a list of correct nominations will be posted. All members and non-members are encouraged to read the nominations and check if any of the following conditions apply:

[*] A nomination does not fit its category.

[*] A nomination is the work of a minor.

[*] A work is plagiarized.

Submit a notice of violation to the admin that details all of the facts. Also, if you are an author, you may chose to be excluded by submitting a request to the admin. All other issues, regarding standards of quality, etc, are determined by the votes cast by the members of the AFA.

6. Voting

[*] Only members of the AFA community are able to vote.

[*] All votes must be submitted to the admin via a form.

[*] Only one vote per category will be allowed.

[*] A category will be eligible if it receives nominations from at least three different fandoms. A category will be skipped and 'rolled-over' into next quarter's award if it does not meet this eligibility requirement.

The first, second, and third place winners will be of different fandoms. The procedure to determine winners is: the highest vote-getter receives 1st place and all other works from its fandom are excluded; the second-highest vote-getter (after the exclusions) receives 2nd place and all other works from its fandom are excluded; the third-highest vote-getter (after the exclusions) receives 3rd place. Ties do not affect placement however, they do increase the number of fandoms that will be excluded as placements are determined.

8. Miscellaneous

During the nominating, reviewing, and voting periods there can be no discussion regarding the award itself except to inquire about facts and to alert staff about non-award issues.

In order to preserve the integrity of the award authors are asked to refrain from advertising their work specifically to gain votes at any site (public and private) available to members of the AFA community.

Misconduct, such as engineering nominations or votes, result in bans and/or stripping of awards.

9. Appendix 1: Quarters & Timeline

1st Quarter - 1st Sunday of January
2nd Quarter - 1st Sunday of April
3rd Quarter - 1st Sunday of July
4th Quarter - 1st Sunday of October

All periods begin at 6am Sunday and end at 6pm Saturday eastern standard time.

10. Appendix 2: Categories

Best AU/AR
anything that does not fit the best canon category and is set in only one universe

Best Canon
must be set in the fandom's native universe; deviations and divergences are allowed as long as the elements of the fandom are recognizable

Best Crossover
anything that does not fit the best canon category and is set in multiple universes (NOTE - crossovers are tallied as their own individual fandoms; for example: a Naruto/Inuyasha crossover is a fandom separate and apart from Naruto and Inuyasha)

Best Drabble
any work up to 500 words; it must be a complete, stand-alone work without chapters; it may be a stand-alone 'chapter' of a collection

Best Oneshot
any work above 500 words; it must be a complete, stand-alone work without chapters; it may be a stand-alone 'chapter' of a collection

Best Serial
any epic, serial, and/or collection, complete or WIP; if a collection, individual 'chapter' of that collection cannot appear in best drabble or best oneshot; nominations of a stand-alone 'chapter' into best drabble and/or best oneshot negate any current or subsequent nomination of that collection into best serial

Best Characterization
must be a main canonical character; must not be inaminate objects, parts and/or aspects of characters; character must be specified

Best Romantic - Het
any major m/f pairing; can be canon or alt ship; can include OC's; pairing must be specified

Best Romantic - Slash
any major m/m or f/f pairing; can be canon or alt ship; can include OC's; pairings must be specified

Best Action/Adventure
action, adventure

Best Angst
angst, dark, horror, H/C, suspense/thriller, supernatural

Best Comedy
comedy, parody

Best Drama
general, crime/mystery, family/friendship, spiritual, etc

Best Erotic
erotic, lemon/lime, PWP

Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi
fantasy and sci-fi elements

Best Poem/Song
poemfic/songfics and verse

There will be nomination, first, second, and third place banners.

The nomination banner is specific to the categories by wording/text only and will be updated yearly.

The first, second, and third place banners are specific to the fandom and updated quarterly.

All banners will be limited to 400px by 150px and are to contain the letters AFA.

12. Appendix 4: Contact Info

admin - Abraxas, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , LJ: abraxas-ren
banner makers - Kira, Nobody, Princes_Mir, Xgrenade